"What you're going through is what you're going through. If you sit there and say what you're going through is not normal, that's bulls-," he said. "I usually like to tell people that we create our own normal. Mental-health issues do not discriminate however, and Kingston stressed the importance of mental-health struggles being normalized because being a "tough guy" does not prevent someone from needing help. I still like watching football and eating steak and having a beer here or there." Now that we accept who we are, we work on them. "Back in the day, we used to accept the flaws and move on and not work on them. She seems to think that's dying because we're actually celebrating men like Moxley who can accept their flaws but also work on them. My girlfriend said this to me the other day. That's all that matters.' It does feel nice that everybody else got it. "My thing was, 'I don't care if anyone else understands. I guess you could say I'm an old-school street guy," Kingston said. Kingston, who detailed his own substance and mental-health issues in a candid piece for Players' Tribune, spoke with CBS Sports about the industry-wide support for Moxley. 2 that Moxley would be taking a hiatus from the company and checking into an alcohol treatment program. But as societal norms slowly shift, so to are those expectations on "tough" guys.Īll Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan announced on Nov. _stq.Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley come from an environment and an industry that tells men to bury their feelings. My nephew can show people on the TNT app, there’s a plug, or on the AEW YouTube there’s another plug, he gets to show off that his uncle is a wrestler. I made it to AEW, contracted, making a living. So of course they’re going to back me up on that, no matter what.”Įddie Kingston on what comes next: “New milestones, of course. But because of my low self-esteem and how I beat myself down mentally in the past - which I still kind of do, I’m working on that, but all that stuff - they’re just happy to see me doing something that’s positive.
They saw a future for me in anything I wanted to do. My brother is just happy I found something that I’m passionate about.
So why can’t anybody else?”Įddie Kingston on family support system: “My mom and dad are just happy that I’m doing something that’s not illegal. I’m not the most mentally put-together person but I’m moving forward, I’m trying. Do I feel a little bit of pressure since that Players’ Tribune ? Yeah, but I also kind of like it too because, look, I can move on, I can do it. Not that I’m broken, I’m just going to move on from it and move forward because that’s all I can do is move forward. I’m the one going through it so it’s my normal. And to make my own normal because no one is going through what I’m going through. “The best way to move on is to talk about what’s going on.
There are so many people that I’m trying to make proud that I have to move on. I gotta be manly.’ I think I’m pretty manly, but I talk about what I go through because I’m trying to see tomorrow. What you’re going through is what you’re going through. If you sit there and say what you’re going through is not normal, that’s bullshit. I still like watching football and eating steak and having a beer here or there.”Įddie Kingston’s advice to “tough guys” who don’t seek help for mental health: “I usually like to tell people that we create our own normal. Back in the day, we used to accept the flaws and move on and not work on them. She seems to think that’s dying because we’re actually celebrating men like Moxley, who can accept their flaws but also work on them. That’s all that matters.’ It does feel nice that everybody else got it. My thing was, ‘I don’t care if anyone else understands. I guess you could say I’m an old-school street guy. Video available at SHAK Wrestling YouTube PageĮddie Kingston reacts to public support for Jon Moxley: “It was great. By Jason Powell, Editor ( Sports interview with Eddie Kingston
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